In this episode of Marriage Bites, Mike and Jess kick off Ice Cream Month with a return trip to Shake Shack, a place they’ve apparently reviewed so many times it now exists in multiple timelines, languages, and at least one memory Jess does not recall having.

What starts as a simple taste test of the Sticky Toffee Pudding milkshake quickly spirals into a debate about British culture, period pieces, and why Mike believes history should only be watched if cars already exist. Along the way, they unpack the emotional toll of parenting logistics, divide-and-conquer weekends, forgotten business trips to Chicago, and the quiet intimacy of realizing your podcast might actually just be scheduled marriage time.

There’s ice cream. There’s nostalgia. There’s spotted dick (unfortunately).

And there’s a reminder that sometimes the real point isn’t the score. It’s the conversation.

Marriage Bites: where ice cream is good by default, memories are optional, and the menu keeps changing, just like the marriage